Article of jewelry



April 12, 1938. 1.. GARFINKEL ARTICLE OF JEWELRY Filed Dec. 28, 1936 Zia/m2 orngs Patented Apr. 12, 1938 UNITED STATES ARTICLE OF JEWELRY Louis Garfinkel, Providence, R. 1. Application December 28, 1936, Serial No. 117,743 4 Claims. (01. 63-20) The present invention relates to improvements one of the ornaments in disassembled alined rein combination bar-pins and clip-brooches of the lationship; and

type illustrated and described in my copending Fig. "I is a sectional view of a clip-brooch with application, Serial No. 92,168 filed July 23, 1936, an interchangeable ornament mounted thereon.

5 which application has issued as Letters Patent In the combination bar-pin and clip-brooch .5 Number 2,099,730. illustrated and described in my prior application,

One of the objects of the present invention is referred to above, the ornaments are resiliently to provide an article of the type indicated in latched in position on the supporting member. which the ornaments are freely slidable onto a Although such a construction is quite satisfacsupporting member and automatically locked in tory and has met with public approval, it is pos- 1:0 position thereon. sible for the ornaments to become detached from Another object of the invention is to provide the bar-pinor clip and lost. This is particularly an article of the type indicated having interentrue if the resilient tongue is bent or deformed gaging means so constructed as to permit the or if the parts become worn. l5 ornament to freely slide into position on the sup- The present invention provides interengaging r5 porting member and to positively lock the ornameans for positively locking the ornaments in ment against movement in the opposite direcposition on their supporting member. The arti rangement is such that the ornaments may be Another object of the invention is to provide an easily and quickly assembled on either the bararticle of the type indicated in which the ornap r clips by merely sliding them into position 20 ment can only be removed from the supporting thereon without any appreciable resistance. member by manually releasing the locking means. After the ornament is in position a resiliently- Still another object of the invention is to prooperated detent or shoulder on one part moves vide an article of the type indicated having a t interlOcking a e ent with a s ouldered simple and compact structure of highly ornaabutment on the opposite part to positively lock 25 mental appearance, adapted to be economically the Ornament in position 110 p t its accimanufactured from metal stampings, and with dental removal or displacement. After the shoulthe ornaments capable of being easily and quickly ders on the opposite parts of the article have assembled and locked on either a bar-pin or clip. interlocked the ornament can only be removed Further objects of the invention are set forth by manually depressing the resilient detent-ele- '30 i the following specification hich describes a merit to release the shoulders from interlocking preferred form of construction of the article, by engagement. way of example, as illustrated by the accompany- Referring to the drawing, the bar-pin is herein ing drawing. In the drawing: illustrated as comprising an ornament-supports Fig. 1 is a plan view of a bar-pin embodying a ing member in the form of a fiat plate 2 having 35 pair of ornaments mounted in juxtaposition on cars 3 at one end for hing y mfillfiting a p a supporting member; stem t; and a keeper 5 at its opposite end pro- Fig. 2 is a rear view of the bar-pin showing vided with a safety catc e Plate 2 s the means for attaching the ornaments and preferably stamped from resilient sheet-metal 40 making them on the supporting member; stock to form a rectangular central portion 1 and 40 Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on line narrower Wings 8 extending therefrom i 3--$ of Fig. 2 showing the detent-shoulders on 3 mf Durmg the stampmg the spring-pressed tongue of the supporting memimeramqn i i of the plate are punched out her in looking engagement with the lugs on the provlde leslhent. tongues q at the ornament outer ends of the Wings 8 and extending inwardly F; 4 t 3 h Jrh toward the center. The tongues l2 are preferably 15 atvlew mm M 0 s OWmg e in the form of narrow strips I? which are bent curved camflace on the tongue engaged by the outwardly away from the plane of the plate 2 and mg on the a m deprefsfs the tongu-g as formed in any desired configuration to give the the P 1S 5115- P0511710 on the necessary stiffness and resiliency. The inward 50 Portmg member; free ends of the tongues l2 project laterally of the Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional view on line 5-5 narrow strip {3 d are deformed to provide of Fig. 3 showing the relationship of the parts of right-angular shoulders or abutments l4 and offthe locking means in end elevation; set lips l5 forming stops. As herein illustrated 5 Fig-6 is a perspective View of the bar-pin and the tongues i2 are apertured at the center of the deformed portions so that the shoulders M are disposed at the opposite lateral extensions of the tongues; but it will be understood that the shoulders may extend throughout the full width of the tongues. At the rear of the shoulders 14 and at the opposite sides of the narrow strip IS the material of the tongue is curved to form. camfaces If; for a purpose as will later appear.

The interchangeable ornaments 29 may take any desired form or configuration being herein illustrated as comprising pierced settings for bril liants, jewels or the like provided with guideways 2| on their rearward faces adapted to slide over the wings 8 of the supporting member 2 of the bar-pin. Each, guideway may be formed by slotting the material of the ornament or in any other manner; being herein illustrated as comprising a struck-up plate 22 soldered or otherwise attached to the back of the ornament. The plate 22 has side extensions folded around to form spaced channels 23 which terminate short of the end of the plate to provide a narrower fiat extension or lip 24. Integral with the side extensions forming the channels 23 are lugs 25 which are folded inwardly to overlie the guideway 2|. The sides of the lugs 25 extend at right-angles to the guideway 2| and form abutments for locking engagement with the shoulders 15 on the resilient tongues 12 as will presently more fully appear.

An ornament 29 may be mounted on one of the Wings 8 of the supporting member 2 by first placing the lip 24 of the guideway plate 22 against the end portion of one of the wings 8 with its channels 23 in alinement with the side edges of the wing. The ornament 23 may then be bodily slid longitudinally of the supporting member 2 toward its center. During the sliding movement of the ornament 29 with respect to the supporting member 2 the opposite inwardly-projecting lugs 25 engage the curved cam-faces IE on the lateral extensions of the tongue I2 and cause the latter to be depressed to slide thereunder. At the end of the sliding movement the ends of the channels 23 engage the shoulders 9 on the supporting member 2, at which time the right-angular shoulders M on the tongue 12 are alined with the rearward sides of the lugs 25. Due to the inherent resiliency of the tongue !2 the latter snaps outwardly from the plane of the supporting member 2 at rightangles to the direction of the sliding movement so that the shoulders 14 are positioned at the rear of the lugs 25 in abutting engagement therewith. The outward movement of the tongue i2 is limited by the engagement of the offset lip IS with the under side of the lugs 25.

The ornament 29 is thus positively locked to the supporting member 2 and is prevented from sliding movement thereon in either direction. Another ornament 23 of the same type may be slid over the opposite wing B of the member 2 in the manner as above explained and in juxtaposition with the first ornament to form an assembled brooch such as illustrated in Fig. 1.

To detach the ornaments 20 from the bar-pin or supporting member 2 it is necessary to manually depress the resilient tongues l2 to disengage the shoulders M from the abutments or lugs 25 on the ornament. The ornaments may then be slid off the supporting member 2 in a manner similar to that in which they were mounted thereon. However, after the ornaments 20 have once been mounted in position on the supporting bar-pin 2 they are positively locked in position and cannot be unintentionally or accidentally detached so that any possibility of the ornaments becoming lost is eliminated.

Fig. '7 illustrates a clip 33 which is adapted to mount one of the interchangeable ornaments described above. The clip 30 is of usual construction comprising a pair of leaves 3| and 32 hinged together by the pivot-pin 33. The leaf 3| is provided with projecting prongs 34 for gripping an article of apparel and a spring-finger 35 for resiliently holding it in either open or closed position with respect to the leaf 32. The leaf 32 is of a construction similar to the wings 8 of the supporting member 2 of the barpin previously described, having a resilient tongue 36 provided with right-angular shoulders 31 adjacent its free end.

. When it is desired to apply one of the ornaments 2! to the clip 30 to form a clip-brooch the ornament is detached from the supporting member 2 of the bar-pin and mounted on the leaf 32 of the clip 30 in the manner as pre viously explained. To this end the leaf 32 of the clip 36 is positioned on the lip 24 of the ornament with its opposite sides in alinement with the channels 23. The ornament is then slid longitudinally of the leaf 32 until the shoulders 3! pass by the lugs 25 and snap into locking engagement therewith, a suitable stop being provided on the leaf 32 to limit the movement of the ornament 20 thereon. As explained with respect to the bar-pin, after the shoulders 31 interlock with the lugs or abutments 25 the ornament cannot be removed except by manually depressing the resilient tongue 36. With the leaf 3! in the position illustrated in Fig. 7 the clip may be attached to an article of clothing by merely pressing the two leaves together. The spring-finger 35 acting against a suitable abutment on the hinge causes the leaf 3| to snap into closed position with respect to the leaf 32 to grip the prongs 34 against the clothing.

A preferred form of construction of the article having now been described in detail, it will be understood that various modifications may be made in the structure and arrangement of its parts within the scope of the invention. For example, the channel plate may be on the barpin or clip for cooperation with a rectangular plate on the ornament, and the resilient latching tongue may be on the ornament for cooperation with lugs or other forms of abutments on the bar-pin or clip. The resilient tongue may also be a separate element attached to the plate instead of being integrally formed as illustrated.

It will be observed from the foregoing that the invention provides a novel form of combined barpin and clip-brooch in which a single interchangeable ornament may be mounted on a clip or a plurality of the ornaments mounted in juxtaposition on a. bar-pin. It will also be observed that novel construction of the ornament and supporting members provide for convenient attachment of the ornament to and its detachment from the supporting members and for positively looking the two parts in assembled relationship. It will also be observed that a simple and compact structure has been provided which may be economically manufactured.

While the invention is herein described and illustrated as embodied in a preferred form of construction, it is to be understood that modifications may be made in the structure and arrangement of its parts Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, without limiting myself in this respect, I claim:

1. An article of jewelry comprising a supporting plate, an ornament having a plate with the edge portions thereof folded around to form spaced channels for slidably mounting the ornament on the supporting plate, and interengaging means for positively locking the ornament in position on the supporting plate, said interengaging means comprising detents on the ornament having shoulders overlying the opening between the channels and a resilient tongue on the plate adapted to slide by the detents in one direction and having shoulders for engaging the shoulders on the detents to prevent movement in the opposite direction.

2. An article of jewelry comprising a supporting plate of resilient material apertured to form a tongue projecting outwardly from the plane of the plate and the tongue bent to form a rightangular shoulder, an ornament having a. guide- Way, said supporting plate being slidable in the guideway on the ornament, and interengaging means comprising lugs on the ornament overlying the guideway and adapted to be engaged by the shoulder on the resilient tongue of the supporting plate, said resilient tongue maintaining its shoulders in engagement with the sides of the lugs whereby to prevent the ornament from being slid oil from the supporting plate.

3. An article of jewelry comprising a supporting plate having a resilient tongue projecting outwardly from the plane thereof, said tongue having a curved portion terminating in a right-angular shoulder, an ornament having spaced channels forming a guideway and inwardly-directed lugs overlying the guideway, said supporting member being slidable in the guideway on the ornament and said lugs engaging the curved portion of the tongue to depress the latter until the shoulders slide past the lugs, the shoulders on the tongue thereafter engaging the lugs to positively lock the ornament in position on the supporting plate.

4. An article of jewelry comprising a supporting plate with a cut-out portion forming a resilient tongue extending from one end toward the center and projecting outwardly from the plane of the plate, said tongue having lateral extensions with curved portions terminating in right-angular shoulders, an ornament having a plate with its edge portions folded around to form spaced channels and provided with inwardly-extending lugs, said channel plate being slidable onto the supporting plate and said lugs engaging the curved. portion on the lateral extensions of the tongue to depress the latter to permit the shoulders to slide past the lugs, the shoulders on the tongue thereafter engaging the lugs to positively lock the ornament against movement in the opposite direction.

LOUIS GARFINKEL. 

